In Georgia, the runoff will be held on Tuesday. And the recount in the bitterly contested Senate race in Minnesota appears, at this writing, to be nearly 90% complete.The latest from Minnesota is that incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman's lead over Democrat Al Franken seems to have grown to a margin of 282 votes. That's still a drop in the bucket, compared to what is left to be recounted.
But Franken's campaign took it on the chin this week when Minnesota's Canvassing Board refused its request to include in the recount absentee ballots that previously had been rejected.
The Minnesota recount isn't likely to be finished before Tuesday so the focus will be on Georgia in the days ahead.
In Georgia today, much of the state's attention is on the annual football grudge match between Georgia and Georgia Tech. The game has no meaning in the battle for the national championship, and only Georgia Tech has a chance to play for its conference title next week.
But when the game is over, the people in Georgia will need to turn their attention back to politics for a few days, at least.
The runoff is certainly drawing national interest to the state, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss has been the beneficiary of visits from John McCain, who carried the state in the general election, and former presidential candidates Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney.
On Monday, former vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin will be in Georgia to campaign for him.
Former President Clinton and former Vice President Al Gore have been to the state to campaign for Democratic challenger Jim Martin.
President-elect Barack Obama has been invited but hasn't confirmed that he will come to the state before the runoff.
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